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7 Things to Consider As We Return to Learn This Fall

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter As we prepare to learn this fall, we need to consider some teaching best practices. I hold a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, earned at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.

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Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun

Ask a Tech Teacher

I get so many recommendations from colleagues, trusted forums, and my Twitter feed. It’s online assessment, practice, and instruction for K-6 students with a tagline: Curiously fun, amazingly effective, refreshingly affordable. I recently previewed one I think you’ll like called Education Galaxy.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Online Assessment. Assessment must respect learners, provide actionable feedback, and motivate. Look at this course.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

As the student progresses, the formative assessments change , at first addressing the areas the student was not familiar with and then evolving as he or she grasps the material. . Microsoft Forms is flexible enough to support formative assessments of an entire grade. by Eli Zimmerman.

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But Fordham Institute, a think tank, posted on Twitter. “It’s

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zSpace Unveils World’s First AR/VR Laptop

techlearning

A fully functional laptop, students can also use the mobile zSpace solution to explore the internet, complete classwork assignments, take online assessments or any other activities that they would use a computer for at school. For more information, visit www.zspace.com, or follow on Twitter @zSpace.

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